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Missing Persons Statistics:

In 2013, 11,803 people were reported
missing in NSW and 36 people remain missing.

* An average of 227 missing person
reports are made each week

* An average of 32 missing person
reports are made each day

* 60% are under 18 years old

* 10% are over 60 years old

11,797 missing people were located in
2013 (some were reported missing in previous years).

There are currently 684 long-term
Missing Persons (missing for more than 12 months), however, 431 of those
cases have been finalised at Coroners Court.

So far in 2014, 5635 people have been
reported missing to NSW Police. Of those, 30 have been missing for more than
three months.

• 35,000 people are reported missing each year in Australia – one person
every 15 minutes.
• In 2011, over 12 000 people were reported missing to police in NSW. Of
those people, 46 remain missing.
• From the start of 2010 to May 2012, 17,467 juveniles (that is young
people 17 years or under) were reported missing in NSW. Of this, 60%
were female and 40% male.
• The most common age for young people to go missing is 14 years of age.
• The average time a young person goes missing before they are found in
NSW is 4.3 days. Young males tend to go missing for a slightly long time
than females, while Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander (ATSI) young
people tend to go missing for a longer time (6 days) compared to non-ATSI
young people.
• It’s important to remember to let your family or friends know when
your plans change, so they know you are safe and well.
• It’s not a crime to go missing. People go missing for many different
reasons: conflicts within families and other relationships, mental
illness or through suspicious circumstances.

• If a person is reported missing to police, enquires into their
whereabouts will be made by police. Police or a person in authority have
to sight the person, even if they have returned home, after they have
been reported missing to ensure that they are safe and well. They will
not be in any trouble and the person’s welfare is the main concern.
• Do not wait 24 hours to report someone is missing if there are fears
for their safety and their location is unknown.
• This is an issue that has the potential to affect everyone
irrespective of age, gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity, culture,
profession or educational background.
• There are currently more than 600 people listed as long-term missing
in NSW, that is, missing for more than 12 months.
• As an organisation, the NSW Police Force is continually investigating
and exploring opportunities to help reunite missing people with their
loved ones.
• Don’t assume that someone else has reported a person missing.

The NSW Police Force would like to thank the Outdoor Media Association
for their assistance with Missing Persons Week 2012.

The Outdoor Media Association has kindly donated $100,000 worth of
advertising space that has allowed Missing Persons Week to be advertised
across 348 sites and 50 taxi backs across NSW.

Police would also like to thank the Westfield Group who promoted Missing
Persons Week 2012 throughout their shopping centres and NSW Police Force
Facebook and Twitter followers for sharing and ‘re-tweeting’ our
messages.

It is important for people to be aware that being reported missing is not acrime and that it is the aim of the NSW Police to ascertain if the missing person is safe and well.